AN INDEPENDENCE FROM EUROPEFormer UK MEP Mike Nattrass

Manifesto of Key
National Policies

Leaving the EU to ensure the UK’s freedom to trade with
the world without having to report to the EU or being ruled by
the EU is our number one objective, hence our
title…“Independence from Europe”.

We are a Political Party with traditional Commonsense
Policies.
“Personal freedom with personal responsibility” is
basic to our understanding of how UK law should operate. Our
ideology is based on the priorities of fairness, equal
opportunity and democracy at all levels.

When elected “Independence from Europe” will leave
the EU immediately, whilst retaining normal friendships and
trading relations. The United Kingdom must be a free and
Independent Nation trading with the World on our own terms.
Ensuring our inventions, developments and ingenuity are not put
to the sword by the EU or by any other foreign regulator.

We will withdraw the UK from foreign rule including the EU
Human Rights Act. Our own Parliament must make UK law.

We will immediately seek to restore the Primacy of English
Common Law across England and Wales while leaving Scotland to
enjoy the legal system it has adopted since the 1707 Act of
Union.

Independence from Europe will seek legislation based on the
following policies and goals in order to achieve the support by a
majority of the British electorate.

Cut Council Tax by abolishing EU Landfill Tax which costs £3
million per council on average and promotes fly tipping.

Clear UK debt by leaving the EU: If we had left the EU in
2010 the saving would have been £112 billion per year rising to
£356bn by 2018.

Reduce or stop zero hour contracts.

British jobs offered first to British workers. Reducing youth
unemployment and long term benefits. Unlimited EU migration
lowers the wages. The minimum wage has wrongly become the
norm.

Encourage Trade with the Commonwealth Free Trade Area where
CBI estimates there is $1.8 trillion of trade and $100 billion of
foreign investment available to the UK annually, once we are free
of the EU tariffs and restrictions.

Economic policies encompassing free trade with all nations
and re-establishing traditional links with the Commonwealth.

Greater support for manufacturing industries and for start-up
enterprises with demonstrable potential

Simplification of Corporate and Personal Taxation. Positive
help with business regulations, and welfare payments. Removal of
incentives not to work:

Crime & Justice

Courts to sentence violent criminals to strict punishment and
training courses. Life sentences to mean life.

Extend Community Watch Patrols in every and stop anti-social
individuals from terrorising neighbourhoods.

Zero-tolerance of crime will be our policy. The pendulum must
swing back in favour of law.

Re -balance the law to protect those residents who defend
their properties and homes.

Drug addicts and mentally unstable prisoners to be taken out
of the prison system and rehabilitated accordingly.

Foreign Criminals repatriated or deported.

Invest £2.5bn to put extra 10,000 Police Officers back on the
streets.

Defence and Security

Limit the number of British troops sent to wars.

Encourage the UN to take more responsibility.

Increase umbers of personnel within the arm forces to
200,000

Immigration

2,674,000 immigrants entered the
UK between 2004-2013

Independence From Europe would implement full border controls
with an 'Australian style' visa system, based on national
needs. This is about SPACE and NOT RACE.

It is not sensible to build approximately 200 houses per day
until 2020 to accommodate the increasing migrant work force as it
will devastate our countryside and infrastructure.

If the Lib/Lab/Con stay in power, we will still be tied into
the EU parliament and our population is forecast to increase to
78 million

Increasing to 10 years (from the current 3 or 5) the minimum
time that immigrants must live in the UK before getting UK
Citizenship.

All foreign visitors must carry Identification

Where UK work permits are not renewed the former permit
holder must leave the UK.

Welfare & Social Security

Limit the total amount that an able-bodied claimant with no
children can receive in tax credits and social security,
including housing benefit, to 80% of the after tax minimum wage
(currently to £157.67 per week).

We will protect the right to buy, for all Council Tenants and
seek to extend it to Housing Association properties. Our goal is
to encourage pride of ownership for all.

Provide the finest care and assistance to those, who through
illness, infirmity or misfortune are unable to fend for
themselves. Enable and assist older people to maintain
independence in their own homes.

Only Citizens of the UK should be entitled to the
country's social Benefits and services.

A community based work program for all unemployed claiming
benefits, based on ability.

Child benefit restricted to 2 children, no benefits to be
paid to children who live abroad or to people earning over
£50,000.00 combined wages.

A UK card system for NHS, Driving License and benefits
containing fingerprint and retina technology. A tool in the fight
against terrorism.

Education & Youth Development

Our policy is to give the schools control of their budgets
and end interference by social engineers.

Education - the hallmark of a civilised society is to ensure
the attainment of basic skills and standards at all levels of
development. Teaching requirements together with school and class
sizes should be adjusted accordingly.

Apprenticeships should be restored as an important component
of our educational spectrum. These and degree course should be
grant-aided for those aged 18+ throughout the UK.

University students should not incur education fees which
economically blight their futures. Education must be free.

Make provision for parents to take their children on holiday
for 10 days per year during none exam term time. Personal
contract between the child and school to catch up.

Full university tuition fees would be paid by foreign
citizens, when they carry out their education in British schools
and universities..

Insist that the schools teach "the 3 R's" to
increase school standards.

Re-instate the student grants and educational maintenance
allowance.

Protect Rural Schools.

Scrap useless paper work and trust teachers to do their jobs
under the authority of a Head Teacher with management power.
Reduce local education authority bureaucracy.

Energy & Environment

Stop wind turbine subsidies and allow local planning to stop
their construction if it is the view of the local public.

We will fill a UK energy needs gap left by years of neglect
from different governments.

Form a Public British Energy Company to compete in the energy
market and maintain fair prices.

Coal under the ground in the UK is capable of supplying
energy needs for more than 100 years. We will encourage
"Clean burn coal technology" and plan Electricity
generation on mining sites to avoid transport costs. Germany has
just built 8 new coal powered stations for the same purpose.

Nuclear fusion is also the way forward.

Rivers to be dredged properly where needed in order to reduce
flood risk and the sludge to be exempt from landfill tax.

Foreign Policy

Currently The UK sends foreign aid to countries with their
own space and nuclear programs; they obviously do not require
this funding.

Use these finances to support our elderly in our own
country.

British embassies to be used for British interests. (not
EU)

Constitutional Issues & Governing

Put the power back into the hands of the people and support
their choices by referendums at local and national level by
legally binding majority decisions.

Referendums to be held on a particular issue if there is a
petition with signatures from 5% of the electorate.

Reduce the number of MPs by a third (from 650 to 430).

"Regional days" for the National parliament.. MPs
to break to their "Assemblies" in Scotland, Northern
Ireland and in Wales if the Welsh wish to retain their assembly
(vote required) This will leave Westminster for the "English
Parliament" on those Regional Days (plus the Welsh should
they reject their Assembly)

The above policy will see an end to Assembly members and give
MPs the job in their Regional Assemblies. This saves a whole
layer of politicians and their costs.

MPs to be free to vote in line with their best judgment and
not to be sanctioned for disobeying party whips.

MPs, ministers and their political staff to be paid according
to civil service pay scales. Their expenses to be in line with
established civil service guidelines..

Establish an Independent Politicians Complaints Commission,
modelled on the Independent Police Complaints Commission, with
its Board appointed by a panel of designated NGOs, to investigate
accusations relating to national and local politicians. Judgments
based on the Nolan Principles which apply to all public
bodies.

Hayden Phillips Report recommendations on capping donations
to political parties which receive government funding should be
enforced.

Members of Select Committees, holding the executive to
account, should be elected by all MPs and not appointed by party
whips.

Scrap MP's second home allowances. Build a condominium to
house MP's whilst they reside in London. MP's to be
responsible for their own living expenses in their own
constituency.

Counties across the UK to adopt single Unitary Authority
status saving money and improving services and losing excess
managers and councils.

Remove the house of Lords and create a second elected
chamber.

Farming Live Stock Importing and Exporting

Ban transportation of animals abroad for slaughter.

British labelling of all meat and products. All foreign meat
and products to be labelled at source and not the point of
processing.

Stop the slaughter of animals without stunning. All Hallal
meat to be labelled.

Promoted by Mike Nattrass on behalf of Independence from Europe, both at 48, Fentham Road, Hampton in
Arden, B92 0AY.
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